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happening now, joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy can just wrapped up their first high-stakes talks on raising the nation's debt limit. mccarthy telling reporters moments ago that he thinks he and the president can find some common ground. also tonight, mourning in memphis, as tyre nichols is laid to rest three weeks after he was brutally beaten by police. we'll take you inside the emotional funeral and the urgent outcry for police reform. and cnn is in the trenches with ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front, as officials in kyiv warn that russia is gearing up for maximum escalation of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪

stories. important developments in the debt limit showdown right now. joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just wrapped up a very high stakes meeting at the white house. their first face-to-face since mccarthy won the gavel. our reporter is on capitol hill with an update. melanie, what can you tell us about this meeting? >> reporter: there were no major breakthroughs in this meeting, but it was a very important first step in what is going to be a lengthy process. speaker kevin mccarthy emerged from the meeting saying it was positive and they were able to lay out their vision and that they were able to find some common ground. take a listen. >> i think our meeting was a good meeting. i don't want to put in any false perspectives. we both have different perspectives, but i thought this was a good meeting. we promised to continue the conversation. i think at the end of the day, we could find common ground.

>> reporter: now, we know heading into this meeting that the white house was really going to try to press kevin mccarthy on what exactly do republicans want to cut when it comes to spending? but the thing is, wolf, they have not come to an agreement on that yet. they did have a conference meeting earlier today where they talked about some broad principles. kevin mccarthy told reporters just now that he reiterated they don't want to cut social security and medicare, but they do want to cut back spending. there are a lot of different ways to do that and a lot of different debates how to get there. so this is going to be a process, and there is some frustration among republicans that they don't have a clear plan yet. i talked to one republican, dan crenshaw, a texas republican, he said he stood up this morning and demanded more specifics from leaders. but kevin mccarthy at this point, he wants to keep the conversation going. he says he doesn't want to negotiate in the press. so the plan going forward is to have a communication and dialogue with the white house,

and heading into the meeting, kevin mccarthy said his ultimate goal was to try to get joe biden to at least acknowledge that they are going to have to work out some sort of deal with republicans in order to raise the debt ceiling. up to this point, the white house has said they will not negotiate, they want a clean debt ceiling. they point out that republicans raised the debt ceiling multiple times under president trump without conditions. but they need to get to a point where they are agreeing to negotiate so they can start noel negotiating. this is going to be a long process and the stakes couldn't be higher. >> melanie, thank you very much. i want to bring in chief correspondent katelyn collins, david chelian, and jeff zeleny. david, what do you make of what we just heard from the house speaker? he said it's possible there could be a deal between him and the president. >> that's certainly good news for the country to hear, that there is a path forward here.

but what was astonishing to me, for anybody that's observed washington politics, this was not a moment of donald trump baiting nancy pelosi into something and nancy pelosi storming out and holding a press conference in the driveway that would amp things up. what kevin mccarthy did here, we just haven't seen this in recent times, is turn the temperature way down in his comments. emerge from the meeting, say this was a first step, and that it was deemed a productive meeting in kevin mccarthy's mind, and the most important thing for countries around the world for the markets to hear, and for the partisan players up on capitol hill to hear, is that he's hopeful they can come to an agreement before the deadline, that they don't have to play all the branksmanship and the full theater of the debt ceiling debate that they can work this out. >> the stakes, as all of us know, for the u.s. economy and the american people right now, in this debate over the debt ceiling, the stakes are enormous. >> what stood out to me, twe ha

seen this kind of jousting from the white house and capitol hill before this meeting was set up, where the white house was saying they wanted mccarthy to commit to not having the united states default on its debts, and mccarthy was saying the white house needed to grow up and stop saying they weren't going to negotiate. so seeing him come out of that meeting with a very different message of unification potentially, saying they did have common ground and could reach an agreement. he did not say where those spending cuts that republicans have been demanding would come from. that is what every republican on capitol hill has been asking, and he said he wasn't going to negotiate in public. the other challenge is how to get his caucus behind any agreement that even if he does reach an agreement with joe biden, are they going to get enough republicans behind that? >> that's the central point. i'm interested in seeing speaker kevin mccarthy after he comes out of the next meeting with house republicans. that might be more instructive.

this is just first time to the white house as speaker of the house. and we know joe biden. he loves the legislative process. he's talking to him for more than an hour. i'm guessing there were niceties exchanged. but the challenge for speaker mccarthy is trying to get his conference to come along here. that's what the white house views their strength as, because republicans don't seem unified behind what they want here. so i'm skeptical. i hope i'm wrong about this for the good of the country, but i'm skeptical they will get this agreement done in advance of the deadline. i can't recall of anything of significance happening in advance in washington. >> washington loves a deadline, and to be fair, kevin mccarthy said none of the hard work has happened here. he acknowledged the discussions now need to go forward to come up with some pathway to a resolution. they did none of that work. today, that was clear. you're describing what that

meeting was, but it was a different tone and tenor that we have seen in recent times. and to your point, yes, we should look to see what kevin mccarthy says, but the math is clear. democrats are going to need to vote for this. he's not going to be able to raise the debt ceiling, which kevin mccarthy does want to do eventually, with just republican votes. so it's going to be much like that speaker's battle was, it's going to be this constant equation of like how many republicans are going to be solidly against raising the debt ceiling, that he knows he's going to lose, how many democrats does he need on board, and how much does he need to get those democrats on board? >> one thing i'm going to be watching is defense spending. we heard them tuck about where they do and don't want to make cuts. he said social security and medicare are off the table. we had the republican whip on the show this morning. he said they were not going to touch defense spending. when i asked him to reconfirm

that this morning, he said that everything was on the table, everything would be scrutinized. he added the caveat of taking care of women and men in uniform, but there are some republicans saying no, we can't touch that. the idea that they're even talking about that is something unthinkable for the republican party just even a few years ago. but if they don't touch medicare or social security, if they don't touch defense, what else are they going to touch? it would just be these massive cuts in spending. so it was big questions, despite the optimism we just heard from kevin mccarthy. >> yeah. it was very encouraging to hear what he had to say. he seemed to be relatively optimistic about bringing his party along with him if they're close to a deal. we shall see, guys. thank you very much. good to have you here in "the situation room." >> good to be back. >> i watch your show every morning and enjoy it. thank you very much. just ahead, we'll go inside

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the funeral of tyre nichols in memphis, we heard poignant moments and calls to action by family and friends, as they remembered his life. nick valencia joins us now. nick, this was an extremely emotional funeral today. >> reporter: this was as much a celebration as it was a call to action. kamala harris among the notable names in attendance, along with other senior officials in the biden administration. and reverend al sharpton giving the eulogy, and others, whose black family members had been killed at the hands of police. those who did speak took the time to emphasize the importance of the george floyd justice and policing act and emphasized that tyre nichols' legacy would be used as a symbol for justice in america. >> tyre was a beautiful person. and for this to happen to him is just unimaginable.

the only thing that's keeping me going is the fact that i really choose to believe that my son is sitting with god. >> when those monsters murdered my baby brother, they left me completely heart broken. >> and as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress pass the george floyd justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it. >> why do we want to see the george floyd justice and policing act passed? because then you have to think

twice before you beat tyre nichols. you think twice before you shoot at someone unarmed. you think twice before you chokehold eric garner. you think twice before you put your knee on george floyd's neck. >> and every time you kill one of us on video, we're going to say the legacy of tyre nichols is that we have equal justice swift swiftly. >> reporter: at a press conference, reverend sharpton echoed those calls for police reform, say thing was not the end of a funeral, but the beginning of a movement of that leblg l legislation. wolf? >> thank you very much. i want to bring in the executive director of the memphis naacp,

vickie terry, charles ramsey and areva martin. vickie, you attended the funeral. what did you make of both the remembrances and the demands for justice? >> oh, my goodness, you know, as you said, it was so emotional just hearing his family do reflections of him when he was a child. and in the end, we're talking about the reform we want to happen. his mom said he was sitting here on an assignment, and i totally agree. i'm sitting here now, and my emotions are still high, you know, but it was a celebration of life, it was a celebration of his life. and i am here today, and i would like to just reach out across the country to all mothers, all aunts, all women that have a young man, a nephew or sons in

their life, to make sure that we push forward with them to pass this act. talking to george floyd's brother, he was here, him and his wife. and we have so many others that have had their families destroyed by police brutality. so we've got to do something. we've got to act now. that's what i'm asking, we need to act now. >> chief ramsey is with us, as well. he's a former d.c. police chief, also the police commissioner in philadelphia. chief ramsey, this funeral comes as the city of memphis now says more videos will be released. do you expect additional video evidence will lead to additional firings and possibly more criminal charges? >> it could lead to more discipline of some kind. these are people who apparently were not as directly involved as the five that were charged -- fired and charged.

but they did play some role. either they failed to take action or engaged in some other behavior that was outside policy and of their training. that's what i expect it will be. there may be some video surface from an officer that responded to the scene that shows a different angle of, you know, the beating and things of that nature. but for the most part, i think it's going to deal with the administrative aspect of this. there will officers that will receive some internal discipline. the d.a. will review all this and decide whether or not any of it leads to additional criminal charges or any criminal charges at all. >> areva, what do you think? >> yeah, we're hearing from the district attorney, wolf, that possible indictments are coming down. so i'm not so certain that this video, as well as other investigations, you know, materials that have been revealed as a result of the investigation that's ongoing won't result in additional charges. one person that i'm keeping my eye on is that individual that

filed that police report. we're hearing that the information in that police report was inaccurate, perhaps falsified. the police officer who filled it out just lied. so we should keep our eye on that individual, and perhaps there are multiple individuals involved in the filing of that police report. but if there was a false police report filed, if lies were told, i wouldn't be surprised if we don't see additional charges with respect to that individual or individuals. >> vickie, during her remarks at the funeral, the vice president, kamala harris, demanded that congress pass the george floyd justice and policing act. are you optimistic lawmakers will meet this moment? >> yes, i am 100% sure that this act will be passed. i just believe it. this has happened too many times. i do believe it. i believe that tyre nichols will be the blueprint for us passing

this e act. >> areva, we're learning that the district attorney in memphis is continuing to investigate potential charges of false reporting on the initial police report. how serious would those charges be? >> very serious charges, wolf. we know as a civilian, if you go into a police department and file a false police report, you can be prosecuted for it. and police officers are held to an even higher standard as it relates to completing police reports. we know all too often, without body cam, without cameras, police have -- some have a history of filing police reports that are inaccurate, they place the blame on the vichlttim. and it is because we have this technology and video cameras, that so many cases like the unfortunate case of mr. nichols, is brought to the light. so i hope the investigation continues not just with the district attorney but with the

department of justice. i'm concerned about a pattern and practice inside that police department that needs to be revealed. as i said on this show before, i think the police chief herself perhaps is accountable or needs to be held accountable and may face liability herself because of the lack of supervision of those individuals involved in the murder of tyre nichols. >> i'm anxious to get your thoughts, chief ramsey, but records show several of the police officers actually charged in the nichols killing, had a history of violating police department policies. are there red flags here that leadership should have seen? >> wolf, there's one with -- i believe it was haley, where it was a rookie, only hired i believe in 2020, and there was an allegation of excessive force, a woman whose shoulder was dislocated. his partner was charged and it was sustained, and he eventually resigned. haley was not charged with excessive force. but for the most part, it shows

many of these officers are pretty young, which really, you know, makes you wonder why they're in such a specialized unit with that little experience on the street. but there was not any one thing that jumped out at me that would have been what i call a red flag. again, certainly there needs to be tight supervision in units like this, and you need to really carefully screen the individuals coming into the unit to make sure you aren't bringing problems into a unit like that. so i'm not surprised there was some disciplinary history, but there was not like a long, long history that i saw in the summary. >> guys, thank you very, very much. coming up in the next hour in "the situation room," i'll speak with the district attorney down there in memphis. he's involved directly in this case. also ahead, cnn goes inside the trenches on the frontlines of the war in ukraine.

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right now, we're following some new developments in the biden classified documents investigation. the fbi searching another one of the president's private homes earlier this morning. our senior justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. update our viewers on this latest search. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. this is the third visit by the fbi to one of the properties associated with joe biden. today's was at his beach home in

rahobeth, about 3 1/2 hours the fbi was there. according to the white house, and to the president's legal team, no additional classified documents were found. of course, you know a couple of fridays ago, they searched his home in wilmington. we also learned yesterday that the fbi visited the penn biden center where the first documents were found. the white house counsel's spokesman had a little bit of a gaggle with reporters today, answered some questions. what is still not clear is, are there additional searches to be done. listen to the answer. >> has the fbi conducted any other locations associated with the president that you or the white house is aware? >> i think we're answering questions and providing information as this happens. i don't want to speak too much to the doj's practices in an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: wolf, you heard him there trying to emphasize how

cooperative they're being with the department of justice's investigation. >> today was day number one on the job for the new special counsel, whose job it is to investigate all of this. does that indicate to you that this story isn't going away any time soon? >> yeah, wolf, that's the bad news for the president. the good news is no more classified documents were found during the fbi's search today. the bad news is that the special counsel and his team are now on the job, and this is only the beginning. we don't know how much longer this investigation is going to go on, and as you can hear from the tone of the white house, and the president's legal team, they are trying to stress cooperation, because they want this to wrap up as soon as possible. the fact that the special counsel is only now today beginning his work emphasizes how much more longer we have to go with this. >> yeah, it's going to go on and on. evan perez, thank you very much. some major international news we're tracking right now here in "the situation room." ukrainian officials are warning

russia is gearing up to what they're describing as maximum escalation just ahead of a possible spring military offensive against ukraine. cnn's correspondent fred pleitgen has our report from the frontlines. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: all-out warfare on the eastern front. we're in a trench with ukrainian paratroopers. as they fire on russian positions using aks and a u.s. supplied browning heavy machine gun. they're searching for weak spots in our position, says the commander, call sign ghost. they want to see if we fight back. if we show strong resistance, they don't advance. and this is what strong resistance looks like. the lugs russians are only abou

yards away, hidden in the snow and fog, but constantly firing at the entrinched ukrainian. the enemy uses small arms, heavy machine guns, artillery, mortars, rocket launchers and aviation, as well. but so far, the ukrainians say they haven't lost an inch of territory here. the ukrainians say the situation here is reminiscent of some of the worst times in world war ii where they are not only fighting a strong adversary but the elements, as well. the snow, the mud, and the cold make fighting here even tougher. and ukraine's leadership believes the russians will soon escalate even more after mobilizing hundreds of thousands of men for a likely spring offensive. but this gunner, who goes by the name deputy, says the paratroopers are ready. "it will be hard, it will be tough, but we will hold because we stand here for our land. if we don't do it, nobody will."

there's a visceral hatred towards moscow's leaders among these men. "in russia, they have a terrorist dregime, so now the civilized world is fighting against this evil dictatorship." as we prepare to leave, incoming grenades explode. they expect much worse in the months to come, but their moto is, if not us, who else? wolf, when the ukrainians talk about that, they also say they believe especially the moblsmonf february and march are going to be tough for them. some of the things we are seeing, there are several places that we have been to where the ukrainians are saying they are already seeing the russians beef up forces, especially with those people that they mobilized towards the end of last year. so they do expect that there is going to be a large-scale offensive coming from the russians. as you heard there from the

paratroopers, they believe they can stand their ground. however, they say they are going to need western weapons, weapons from the u.s. and allies to make that happen. wolf? >> fred, thank you very much. fred pleitgen in the war zone for us. stay safe over there, fred. appreciate it very much. i want to dig deeper. joining us retired colonel cedric layton, a cnn military analyst. and the former defense secretary. russia is gearing up for what they're calling maximum escalation. what are you watching for as russia clearly ramps up its military offensive? >> wolf, the main things that i'm watching for are how the russians are disposing of their forces, where they're putting them, how they're moving them, are there new troop concentrations in specific areas? so for the most part what we are seeing and what the ukrainians are seeing is that moving into the eastern areas, the areas

where fred was just at, these are really indications that the russians are moving their forces forward. mainly the conscripts. but they're moving some of their more experienced units, like the airborne units into bakhmut. that indicates that they really believe that particular city, that particular town is one that they need to capture at this point. >> evalyn, what more does ukraine need right now to prepare for this major russian escalation that's coming, as it is clearly waiting for these western battle tanks to be deployed? >> well, wolf, you heard fred talk about the fact that the russians have air power or they have air, you know, essentially power that they can employ through the air. and i think this is what is missing for the ukrainians. you know going back several months, the ukrainians were trying to get the soviet era fighter aircraft from the poles and other nato allies.

and that didn't work. i am hopeful that now, given this new offensive, that we will turn around and, you know, the u.s. can say we'll provide f-16s if that's the green light required, the cover required. but we need to provide the ukrainians aircraft so they can provide cover for troops on the ground. >> let me follow up with colonel layton. you served in the air force. why is ukraine pleading for these fighter jets from the u.s. and allies, despite u.s. opposition that the jets -- the u.s. arguing the jets would be "impractical." >> yeah, so the ukrainians believe that they can use these jets with a minimum amount of training, wolf. i think the fact of the matter, is when you look at how pilots are trained, it can take up to a year to train pilots in certain airplanes. in the case of the ukrainians, i think we're looking at somewhere between 3 to 8 months of

training, so that requires something. there is also the logistical tail to be considered, and the right tactics have to be developed and used by the newly minted f-16 pilots. so the u.s. is reluctant to do this because of a lot of these considerations. but if the ukrainians can prove to the u.s. that they can use these aircraft and use them effectively, then perhaps the green light will happen in spite of objections we hear right now. >> evalyn, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told cnn exclusively last night in an interview with jake tapper that he would be willing to mediate between russia and ukraine. listen to this, listen to this exchange. >> if i'm asked by both sides, and frankly, if i'm asked by the united states. you can't have too many cooks in the kitchen. if asked by all relevant parties, i would certainly

consider it. but i'm not pushing myself in. i think this is of monumental peace, because i think the peace of the world is at stake. >> what is your reaction, evalyn? >> everyone wants to be a mediator, but the situation isn't right for mediation. vladamir putin is hardly ready to back down, as you hear the ukrainians saying. in fact, the russians themselves. they're ready to launch another assault. they are not giving up. and obviously, same thing for the ukrainians. they're not giving up any square footage of their land. so that's not a situation that's ripe for negotiation. one side needs to be winning or both sides need to feel like they're losing. so what prime minister netanyahu is offering is fine, but frankly, what israel needs to offer is weaponry to the ukrainians so they can defeat the russians and defeat this vie relate, aggressive international

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stocks closed higher today after the federal reserve here in the united states moved to raise interest rates yet again. this time by a quarter point, making it the smallest rate hike since march of 2022. let's get right to cnn's matt egan, who is outside the federal reserve here in washington, d.c. matt, help us break down what the smaller rate hike means for the u.s. economy. >> reporter: wolf, it means the fed believes it's starting to

win this war on inflation. they're not ready to declare victory yet, but they are seeing real progress. this is the smallest rate hike since they began this process early last year, and so the fed is still delivering this tough medicine. it's just lowering the dosage a bit, which is good news, because it lowers the risk that they end up overmedicating the economy and they cause a recession. and during today's press conference, fed chair jerome powell says the disinflationary process has begun, but the fed is not done raising interest rates just yet. so what does all of this mean for everyday americans? well, interest rates are now at the highest level since the fall of 2007, before the great recession. that means borrowing costs will

stay high. car loans have gotten a lot more expensive. mortgage rates are still near 20-year highs, and it's never been more expensive to have credit card debt. now, looking forward, we have to remember that the jobs market remains very strong. new numbers out "today" show that the number of job openings unexpectedly jumped in december to 11 million. there are now two available jobs for every one person looking. and numbers expected out on friday should show that the unemployment rate remains near historically low levels. remember, the fed is trying to engineer a soft landing. get inflation under control without causing a recession. and increasingly, there are some reasons to be optimistic. inflation is cooling off. fed rate hikes may be ending soon. and the jobs market remains surprisingly strong. wolf, it does look like this soft landing that once looked

improbable, it could just happen. >> let's hope it does. matt egan here in washington, thank you very much. another major story we're following, the bitter cold weather that has been wreaking havoc in the south and central parts of the united states. our meteorologist jennifer gray is joining us right now from the cnn weather center. jennifer, how severe is this winter storm? >> this is a big deal, wolf. we have seen almost an inch of ice across portions of texas. we're talking about the hill country of texas. we have had half an inch of ice recorded in dallas and still coming down. so travel is nearly impossible across the lonestar state. this is spreading into arkansas, tennessee, northern mississippi. we have a lot of people without power and temperatures are not going to get above freezing until we get into later tomorrow or thursday for some folks, or thursday afternoon for some folks. 350,000 people without power across texas alone, and you can

see that's accumulation, three quarters of an inch, we have threat and ice reports across the south, the mid south, and we still have ice storm warnings in place, winter storm warnings. there is your winter weather alerts across texas and the deep south. as this continues for tonight, we'll start to see it taper off by tomorrow morning. but temperatures might not get above freezing until late tomorrow or even friday for some folks. >> let's hope it warms up soon. jennifer gray, thank you very much. coming up, is tom brady finally ready for retirement? what the legendary quarterback is now saying after he temporarily stepped away from the game last year. i'm bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when c covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did. i heard about the payroll tax refund, it allowed us to keep the amount of people that we needed and the people that have been here taking care of us.

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tom brady said he's retiring for good this time after stepping away early last year, the announcement comes after 23 incredible seasons in the nfl. let's discuss with cnn sports analyst christine brennan and former nfl wide receiver, daunte stall worth. what is your reaction that he's retiring, quote, for good. >> i think it is for real this time. i think that he is, from what i heard, that he's exhausted. he's played 23 seasons. he's pretty much broken or holds every record that you could have as a quarterback, as a player in the nfl. he played in ten super bowls and won seven of them, more than any other franchise in the nfl. so he's cemented in nfl. but when you talk about tom brady legacy, you have to mention him up there with the mt. rushmore greats and the michael jordan and the serena williams and tiger woods.

and he's that type of generational player that i don't know if we'll see someone like tom brady again in the nfl. >> he's an amazing guy. christine, do you see brady's back and forth into retirement as an example of how difficult and how hard it could be for an athlete of his caliber to leave behind a sport that has become such a large, large part of their identity. >> i do. and daunte knows this well. the thrill of playing football or any sport, once you leave it, there could be mental health issues. i've put some of the players i covered with the washington team would talk about the depression and just not having that any more. and so brady, the rush of this and the high wire act of his life, wolf, and the success of it, it is intoxicating. if you just want more and more, we saw it was exactly a year ago he retired. and then unretired about six weeks later. and there was also the issue and

it is a very important cultural conversation and the issue of his now ex-wife gisele bundchen talking about concussions and she was concerned and wanted him to retire. he did not want to retire. and then of course their marriage ended up dissolve, whether that was the entire reason, we don't know. and we shouldn't know. that is their business. but in terms of the picture of brady, this is in many ways a personification of the very issues we've been discussing in sports and our culture in terms of the importance of sports, concussion and family and then the mental health issues when it is all over. >> important. daunte, brady is regarded by so many as the greatest quarterback to have ever played the game, the nfl tweeted this impressive list of his accomplishments. is he the goat, the greatest of all times as they say in your view? >> yeah, i think he is. i grew up a 49ers fan so i'm a

big joe montana and steve young guy. and we both grew up in california and a fan of 49ers. and i had a chance to watch montana. i'm closer to brady than montana. but i think you have to put him up there on the mt. rushmore when you talk about the greatest. he transcended the sport of football. he's up there with kobe bryant and michael jordan, those type of competitors. >> thank you very much. thanks to you. coming up, tyre nichols remembered at a very emotional funeral today. the district attorney is standing by to discuss all of the latest developments in the case. we'll do that when we come back. so when our windshield cracked, we trusted the experts. they focus on our safety... so we can focus on this little guy. >> singers: ♪ safafelite repai, safelite replace. ♪

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case joins us live this hour. we'll also have an update on the investigation and whether more criminal charges potentially are in the works. also tonight, we're learning that the fbi is now investigating republican congress member george santos. a veteran telling cnn that federal agents interviewed him about his claim that santos took money from a fund for a dying dog. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we have a lot to news to get to. but first some breaking news right now out of los angeles. where l.a.x. international airport is experiencing a major power issue, shutting down tsa screening at the airport. let's get the latest developments. cnn's natasha chen is in l.a. for us. what are y